"Race" and Racism: The Development of Modern Racism in America (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780230600775)

"Race" and Racism examines the origins and development of racism in North America. It addresses the inception and persistence of the concept of "race" and discusses the biology of human variance, addressing the fossil record of human evolution, the relationship between creationism and science, population genetics, "race"-based medicine, and other related issues. The book explores the diverse ways in which people in a variety of cultures have perceived, categorized, and defined one another without reference to any concept of "race." It follows the history of American racism through slavery, the perceptions and treatment of Native Americans, Jim Crow laws, attitudes toward Irish and Southern European immigrants, the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, the civil rights era, and numerous other topics.

Author: R. Perry
ISBN-10: 0230600778
ISBN-13: 9780230600775
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 11/07/2007
Pages: 263
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d